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Hi all, I wanted to get some thoughts or advice on being a Godparent. I am Godparent to a young girl (8) in my extended family. The thing is, she is often misbehaved and has a very short attention span. Calling this out either makes her laugh or gets a smart aleck remark. Parents will occasionally t...

Thank you for your response. Very helpful. This actually does make a lot of sense

Thanks again.

I think you're right there actually. I'm probably missing terms. When you do feel guilty and sorrow for something you've done, I suppose you'd examine the act against the three things that determine mortal sin. Inadvertently answered my question I think. Maybe a secondary question in that case. How ...

Hi all,

Do you have advice on telling the difference between scrupulousity and true repentance?

On the surface, they look/feel the same so wondering what everyone's thoughts were.

Thanks.